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Philips HDR3700 DVD Player/Recorder/160GB HDD - Built in Freeview Digital Tuner | 
| Manufacturer: Philips
Category: CE
Buy Refurbished: £94.99
as of 30/7/2010 04:55 PDT details
Seller: Bentham Ltd
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 51136
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Great If You Like Everyone To Have A Red Face on HDMI July 14, 2009
M. Jones (UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this item yesterday from Tesco. Took it back today as everyone had a red face on the screen when using HDMI thru freeview.
Apart from that:
DVD Recorder: Seemed ok little difficult to use didn't really use that much in the 24hrs i had it.
HDD Recorder: I had a BT Vision box which was made by Philips which was very easy to use just click the (R) button when you wanted to recorded something and press it twice to record the entire series (like SKY+). I was hoping for the same thing with this purchase, i was so wrong. Very complicated interface it is like setting an old VCR, if you press REC it started recording from there (not like BT Vision where it started recording from the point you started watching it). Pausing Live (you had to make sure that the HDD was activated first) the screen went blank for bout 5 secs then paused. Picture Quality was good apart from everyone having a red outline when using Freeview thru HDMI, you could change the quality of recording so you can double the amount of record time on the 160 GB HDD. If you were recording a channel you had to watch that channel and there is no recording 2 programs at once (thou you could watch a DVD)
DVD Player: Very good quality especially using HDMI the pictures were Upscalled brilliantly almost to Blu Ray.
Overall:
Brilliant DVD Player in HDMI - 5 Star
Great Recorder using normal Scart - 4 Star
Rubbish Recorder if using HDMI - 0 Star
Poor freeview reception July 10, 2009
Darren (UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this yesterday from a High St retailer as an impulse buy - and frankly it's going back tomorrow.
Main problem is that despite having a good aerial and a freeview box that picks up all channels this device doesn't pick all the channels up. Putting my freeview box on pass through (i.e. as if it was a sat box) produces the same result - i.e. for instance ITV is viewable from my original box when connected direct to the TV but not when the signal is passed through this box. So, frankly useless.
Add to this the remote control is fussy with many small button and it can't obviously control my Philips TV for channel or more importantly volume. The complexity of the product also makes it easy to get lost and set the box to something you don't want - solution switch it off. When you switch it off it saves settings which can take a minute... plus side - appears to start up quickly and unit is pretty quiet.
In short; Disappointed. Recommended to avoid - stick to a freeview box and iPlayer and the like for the moment and save up for a better brand or freeview HD when it's out.
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